Does a Pack unlock the other tracks too?+
No — a Track Pack is for the one track you buy, and it unlocks that track's premium modules for life. If you want all four tracks, don't buy multiple packs — subscribe to Substack Experimenters, which unlocks every track plus the live community.
What's the difference between Vibe Coder, Field Guides, and Vibe Management?+
Vibe Coder is for builders writing or shipping AI-powered code — the technical track. Field Guides is the Second-Brain-to-Claude-Cowork track for anyone whose job is information work (IT, ops, consulting, marketing, legal, healthcare). Vibe Management is the running-AI-in-production track — for eng leaders, platform teams, and solopreneurs whose agents are the product.
Why is it $45?+
$45 is the launch price for the first 100 buyers — after that, Track Packs go to $149. Either way it's one-time: you own that track's modules for life, no recurring charge.
What's in the launch sale?+
Two things, for a limited time (first 100 buyers): (1) Track Packs are $45 instead of $149, and (2) every Pack includes 1 year of Experimenters access free — that's all four tracks plus the live community (the Experimenters Discord, daily office hours, and the weekly build call). After launch, Packs return to $149 and Experimenters goes back to a separate subscription. You keep your track's modules for life either way.
Track Pack vs Substack Experimenters — which do I want?+
A Track Pack is a one-time $45 purchase that unlocks one track's premium modules for life — no subscription, no community perks. Substack Experimenters is a subscription that unlocks all four tracks plus the live community: the Experimenters Discord, daily office hours, and the weekly build call. Buy a Pack for the track you live in; subscribe to Experimenters if you want everything.
Can I get my team on this?+
Yes. Two options. (1) Each team member buys their own Pack — they each get that track's modules for life. (2) Book a guided implementation — we sit down with your team, pick 2 workflows, and wire them into your existing AI stack (Claude Cowork, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT). Book an implementation call →
Refund policy?+
14-day refund window subject to module-access caps in the policy. By purchasing you give express consent to immediate digital delivery and acknowledge that the EU/UK statutory 14-day right of withdrawal does not apply once content has been delivered (Art. 16(m)). See Refunds, Terms, and Privacy.
Coaching, workshops, or consulting — which do I need?+
Coaching levels up one person fast — one focused session on your own codebase. A workshop teaches a whole group at once — live and hands-on, on your tools or the University curriculum, so everyone leaves with the same working habits. Consulting goes further still: multi-week engagements where we build and embed the workflows into how your team works. Rule of thumb: one person → coaching; a group that needs to learn it → workshop; a team that needs it built and shipped → consulting.
Do you run workshops on-site?+
Yes — on-site wherever it makes sense, or live over video for a distributed team. Half-day and full-day formats, scoped to the size of the group and whether it's a custom tool session or University classes taught live. Travel, format, and date all get settled on the free 30-minute call.
Do I need to be at a certain skill level for coaching?+
Yes — this is for working professionals who already use their tools daily. You don't need to be an AI expert, but you need a real codebase or workflow to work with. We don't do intro-level sessions.
My stack isn't a common one. Can you still help?+
Yes. The deliverables apply to any stack. Tell us what you're working with in the booking form and we'll confirm fit before scheduling.
Is one coaching session enough?+
For most people, one focused session delivers a working workflow they can build on independently. The 7-day async support and written playbook fill the gaps without a second call. Follow-up sessions are available any time — no package required.
What does a consulting engagement cost?+
It's scoped to the work — team size, number of workflows, whether a knowledge base already exists. The free 30-minute strategy call is where we map the opportunity and give you a straight answer on expected ROI before anything's committed.
What happens on the free strategy call?+
30 minutes, no pitch. We assess your team's AI potential and tell you honestly where automation will deliver meaningful ROI — and where it won't. You leave with a clear opportunity map whether or not we work together.
What is agentic AI training?+
Agentic AI training is structured instruction on building and operating AI systems that take multi-step actions on a user's behalf — calling tools, reading and writing files, running queries, making decisions — rather than just generating text. It covers prompt patterns, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), workflow vs. agent decisions, evals, security review, cost control, and the production discipline (observability, rollback, audit) that keeps an agent from paging you at 2 a.m.
How is agentic AI different from generative AI?+
Generative AI produces a single output from a single prompt — a paragraph, an image, a code snippet. Agentic AI plans, loops, and uses tools — it calls APIs, reads files, browses, runs code, and decides what to do next. Generative AI is a calculator; agentic AI is a junior employee. Same model underneath, very different engineering discipline around it.
Where can I get agentic AI training in Phoenix, Arizona?+
PickBits.AI is operated from Phoenix and runs in-person workshops across the Phoenix metro — half-day or full-day, on-site at your office or a venue you choose. The same curriculum is also available as a self-serve Track Pack at $45 one-time or as a remote-delivered workshop for distributed teams.
Who is agentic AI training for?+
Engineers shipping AI features into production (Vibe Coder track), IT teams automating internal workflows (Vibe Management track), knowledge workers who use AI to think for a living (Field Guides track), and operators running an AI-augmented business (Solo Business track). PickBits assumes professional working knowledge of your tools — no intro sessions.
Can you train my remote team on agentic AI?+
Yes. Live workshops run over video for distributed teams in half-day and full-day formats. Material, prompt vaults, and configs from the session are shared with everyone in the room — yours to keep and extend. Scope on the free 30-minute call.
What tools and platforms does the training cover?+
Claude (Anthropic), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, NotebookLM, Gemini, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for tool integration. The curriculum is tool-agnostic where it can be and tool-specific where it has to be — agent security, MCP server design, and CI integration are platform-specific by necessity.
How long does agentic AI training take?+
Self-serve: a Track Pack is structured for one focused week of evening reading plus a few weekend builds. Workshop: half-day (4 hours) or full-day (8 hours) with hands-on labs. Embedded engagement: four weeks to a first working production workflow, ten to twelve weeks for a full rollout across a team.
Do you offer corporate or enterprise agentic AI training?+
Yes. Corporate workshops run on-site (Phoenix metro) or remote (worldwide) for groups of any size — engineering teams, IT departments, leadership cohorts. For deeper rollouts the consulting engagement embeds AI workflows into a team's actual stack over four to twelve weeks, with measurable hours-recovered and cost-shifted metrics.
What's the difference between agentic AI training and an AI coding bootcamp?+
A coding bootcamp teaches someone to write code with AI assistance. Agentic AI training teaches someone to design, ship, secure, and operate AI systems that act autonomously — which is a senior engineering discipline, not an intro track. PickBits assumes professional working knowledge of code and tooling; we don't run intro sessions.
How much does PickBits agentic AI training cost?+
Self-serve Track Pack: $45 one-time, lifetime access to one track. Workshop: scoped on a free 30-minute call based on group size, format (half/full day), and on-site vs. remote. Consulting: scoped to the engagement after a free strategy call — typically priced against hours-recovered and cost-shifted ROI rather than flat day rates.
Who is Mark Pickering?+
The operator of PickBits.AI. Mark ships games and AI products in public from a one-person studio in Phoenix, Arizona — then teaches exactly how each one was built. Workshops, consulting, and University curriculum are all written and taught by the same person who's doing the work the rest of the week.
Why focus on agents specifically, not just "AI training"?+
Because by 2026 the interesting work — and the interesting failure modes — moved from "can the model write the thing" to "can the system take the action safely, at cost, under audit." The gap between teams that ship agentic systems well and teams that ship them once and then quietly turn them off is wider than the gap between teams that use AI at all and teams that don't. Agentic is where the discipline pays.
I'm not in Phoenix. Should I still consider PickBits?+
Yes — most clients are remote. Phoenix is where the studio is operated from; the work travels. Self-serve curriculum, live workshops over video, and consulting engagements all run worldwide. The Phoenix anchor is a fact, not a requirement.
